Name: Keynote: Keynote: Linus Torvalds, Creator of Linux & Git, in Conversation with Dirk Hohndel, Head of Ericsson Software Technology
Start: 2026-10-09T09:55:00+0200
End: 2026-10-09T10:25:00+0200

7-9 October, 2026
Prague, Czechia
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Keynote: Keynote: Linus Torvalds, Creator of Linux & Git, in Conversation with Dirk Hohndel, Head of Ericsson Software Technology

Friday October 9, 2026 09:55 - 10:25 CEST

Congress Hall (Floor 2)

Speakers

Dirk Hohndel

Head of Ericsson Software Technology

Dirk is the Head of Ericsson Software Technology, leading a team of engineers working on upstream open source contributions. He brings nearly four decades of software and open source leadership, most recently as head of Verizon's Open Source Office, focused on open source governance... Read More →

Linus Torvalds

Creator, Linux & Git

Linus was born on December 28, 1969, in Helsinki, Finland. He enrolled at the University of Helsinki in 1988, graduating with a master’s degree in computer science. His M.Sc. thesis was titled “Linux: A Portable Operating System” and was the genesis for what would become the... Read More →

Friday October 9, 2026 09:55 - 10:25 CEST
Congress Hall (Floor 2)

Keynote Sessions

OSS + ELC EU 2026

Dirk Hohndel

Linus Torvalds

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OSS + ELC EU 2026

Dirk Hohndel

Linus Torvalds

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